[…] Though they sing in French, their charm is practically a cognate. Rocking and stomping commes des frères Felices, Canailles’ songs, like those of their cultural forebears, were written for dances and outdoor gatherings; when I saw them last week at a barbecue in Montreal’s Parc de la Petite-Italie, they led a crowd of middle-aged québécois ladies and Mile End hipsters through a clomping line dance. Here, caught live in an Elvis-themed used appliance store down the street from Parc LaFontaine, Canailles barrel through “Bien-être,” a standout from this year’s Manger du bois, as the owner looks on, a smile beginning to twitch beneath his mustache. words/ m garner […]